“YES – it’s a little heart wrenching thinking ‘is that what my little girl would look like if I had a girl?!’”
I Have A Little Girl Who Is Not Mine (Inside My Life As A Surrogate)
‘Every time I looked in the mirror I saw the girl with Endometriosis. The girl whose brother died. The girl who had given up. I was done being that girl. I wanted to feel beautiful again. ‘
“I grieved the loss of my baby I will never feel growing inside me. I was angry at God for taking my brother so soon. I was done being that girl. I wanted to feel beautiful again.”
‘I hit rock bottom at 18 years old. I was paralyzed. I had no motivation, no direction, no hope. I had to set myself free.’
“There were many nights I would break down and think about giving up on life. I had to go back home for my sanity because at least my parents were there. They have always been accepting, and having that reassurance saved my life.”
‘Something wasn’t right. It took a long time for him to be diagnosed.’ Family desperately loves their beloved grandfather through his heartbreaking ALS progression
“My sisters and I will wipe or scratch his nose, brush his teeth, wash his hair, shave his face, clip his nails, clean out his ears and wipe his eyes.”
‘There were two types of girls: skinny girls and fat girls. Being fat was the worst thing we could be.’: Woman loses 100 pounds after ‘the perfect storm’ in college, immerses herself in world of fitness
“After graduating, I packed my bags and headed to college. There, I found a college meal card, 24-hour Dominos delivery, and a party lifestyle. What I didn’t find? My running shoes. Lack of activity, poor food choices, and a very skinny ‘eats anything he wants’ college boyfriend created the perfect storm. I’d gone from heavy to morbidly obese.”
‘We got the horrifying call in the middle of the night: ‘She’s bleeding from her mouth and we don’t know where it’s coming from and can’t stop it.’: Mom shares grief journey after losing twin to rare heart defect, DiGeorge Syndrome
“She’d been taken in for emergency surgery. The bleeding seemed to have slowed, but they still hadn’t found the source. ‘She’s losing too much blood and I don’t think she’s going to make it.’ But she wasn’t gone…there was still hope. The next time the doctor came in, all hope was lost.”
How A Cold Water Bottle Sent My Body Into Shock
“I felt like I was going to throw up, so I opened the truck door and the next thing I know I fall face-first to the ground and my dad’s rolling me over and wiping off my face.”
‘It was like she knew, and was sending this to me.’: Grandmother sends an unexpected ‘perfect’ gift from heaven to her beloved granddaughter
“I remember holding her hand as she took her last breaths and giving her hugs. Our wedding day was made even more special because I was able to wear my grandma’s wedding dress she wore 60 years prior.”
‘I was staying at a hotel. My friend had a clean needle, and just like that, I shot up meth for the very first time. My entire world flipped upside down.’: Addict’s powerful story of finally getting clean after hitting ‘rock bottom’
“My mom kept calling me. I ignored her. Next thing I know, I’m waking up to paramedics in my face. I overdosed. If my mom had gotten home 5 minutes later, it would’ve been too late. I would’ve been gone. Something told her she needed to walk home from work the very moment I didn’t answer her calls. Someone was looking out for me.”
‘What is happening? Am I going to die?’: Mom details stroke recovery journey
“My arms weren’t doing what I wanted them to. They felt clumsy and my thoughts seemed to be in slow motion. The next thing I knew, I was collapsing onto the floor of my closet.”